Essential Words for the TOEFL 5th

Detailed advice for ESL students on expanding their English language vocabulary accompanies a list of approximately 500 need-to-know words with their definitions. The authors offer helpful tips on using a dictionary and thesaurus to expand word power. Practice tests with answer keys will help students measure their word-learning progress and increased fluency in written and spoken English. 

Table of Contents: 

• INTRODUCTION: Success on the TOEFL 
  Recent Changes in the TOEFL 
  Maximizing Your Vocabulary Potential— A Description of This Program
• Getting to Know the TOEFL 
  What Is the TOEFL? 
  Paper and Computer-Based TOEFLs 
  The Paper TOEFL 
  Section 1: Listening Comprehension 
  Section 2: Structure and Written Expression 
  Section 3: Reading Comprehension 
  The Computer-Based TOEFL 
  The Test of Written English 
  Some Helpful Hints for Both Versions of TOEFL 
  A Word About the Future
• Understanding the TOEFL Reading Section 
  Sample Questions 
  Strategy for the Paper TOEFL 
  Strategy for the Computer-Based TOEFL
• Improving Your TOEFL Vocabulary 
  Read a Lot 
  Make Flash Cards 
  Make Word Lists 
  Learn Words from Old TOEFLs 
  Learn the Words in This Book 
  Learn to Use a Thesaurus
• Building Your Vocabulary 
  Developing Word Attack Skills 
  Word Roots 
  Prefixes 
  Suffixes
• Important Vocabulary Building Tools 
  The Dictionary 
  The Thesaurus
• The Essential TOEFL Vocabulary 
  Studying the Word Entries 
  Answering Phrasal Questions 
  Lessons 1–30 
  Answers to Exercises: Lessons 1–30
• The Practice Test (Computer-Based Format) 
  General Directions 
  Section 3: Reading 
  Answers to TOEFL Practice Test 
  Scoring Your TOEFL Practice Test (Reading) 
  TOEFL Section 3 Score Conversion Table